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Re: [T3] Crankcase breather removal? and thermostat parts


on 6/16/01 5:30 PM, Russ Wolfe at russella@prairieinet.net wrote:

> What it does, is let any blow-by out of the crankcase.
I'll have to look at my engine (just got the car back today!!) but, I have
this hole front of cylinder 3 and rear of #1 that spews oil mess if I dont
keep it plugged. 


>The early VW's vented this out under the car, through the breather. The
>later VW's, (emission control laws), just returned this to the air cleaner,
>where it is burned by the engine.

Is this hole I mentioned above supposed to be attached to the air cleaner?
If is so, then why do I also have an oil breather? Or something that looks
an awful lot like it.


-- 
Mike Wodkowski
72 SQBK
Brooklyn


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